title: Synthesis of micro-sized titanium dioxide nanosheets wholly exposed with high-energy {001} and {100} facets.
abstract: A new synthetic strategy was developed to prepare large-sized well-defined anatase TiO(2) nanosheets wholly dominated with thermodynamically unfavorable high-reactive {001} and {100} facets, which has a percentage of 98.7% and 1.3%, respectively. The as-prepared anatase TiO(2) nanosheets show a well-faceted morphology and have a large size in length (ca. 4.14 μm). The formation mechanism of the anatase TiO(2) nanosheets was also analyzed and investigated.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
authors.forename: Ci Zhang
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Ji Zhi
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hai Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qiu Hong
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Shi Zhang
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Hua Gui
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Yang